A Girl

A Girl A girl knows it is best, in the summer,to be out in the alley­be­fore morn­ing cof­fee­brings her mother’s griev­ancesin­to clear focus. A girl hides behind a camel­li­abush wait­ing breath­less­ly­for her best friend’s broth­er­who will lat­er­drop a spi­der down the back of her shirt. A girl can be bought off for two quar­ters and …